3 hours ago, Diehardfan said:

So many damn things are going wrong on a very basic level that would take the offense to average, which is all they freaking need. Instead the three of them are taking us all down with them. What makes things even worse is the league is wide open this year. It's a f'ing waste that doesn't have to be.

Exactly this. They are coaches, FFS. Take the assets you have and assess the players for their baseline and their slight reach.

Coach to that, dummies. Stop dreaming about what you wish you could do. Stop reaching for things that the players can't do on a play by play basis.

You don't invest a first round pick in Campbell, see flashes through the first few games, and then invest decent cap dollars in Nakobe which will end up blocking him. Dean has been awesome but he is always injured so I would be reluctant to give him a legit deal in the first place. You can't bring everyone back.

Davis has easily had his best season and for whatever reason it seems to take most DT's a good 4 or 5 years to find their ceiling. Letting him go would be a huge mistake. The Eagles need to get back to their roots this off-season and prioritize both lines. You certainly don't do that by letting Davis walk.

I would LOVE to bring Phillips back but the price has to be right. If someone is willing to pay 20+ million a year they might have to walk away. Jalyx Hunt's play over the last few games is extremely encouraging and makes me a little less willing to break the bank for Phillips, but at the same Nolan Smith has been a total no-show and that is a concern.

I have zero strong feelings on Blankenship. On one hand he has been good throughout his time here and safety is already a question mark with him in the mix. On the other hand he has easily had his worst season this year and if somebody wants to pay him well I would probably wish him well. I imagine both sides will work something out that is fair and reasonable for both sides but whatever.

Draft wise they need to simply go BPA but there has got to be a big emphasis on both lines (especially if Phillips leaves) and they need to add a TE or two with at least one of them being a big time blocker which you can usually find in the 4th/5th round range ala Jackson Hawes.

3 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Love Jake but really for the money he’s making should easily be better. Hes cost us big at times and frankly the misses are usually deflating 

And, hear me out, STOP GOING FOR FGs over 50. He can't hit them consistently. BAD COACHING.

1 hour ago, jojodancer said:

Quick Q. Why did this offense look its best recently without AJ Brown? Might be something to that. The Hurts/AJ connection is a problem overall and not clicking and getting force fed there. Might be just too many mouths to feed. And AJ isn't prime AJ, as I've said all year. In the offense, we saw more Smith, Dotson and Goedert. And Barkley in the passing game. Ball was spread around nicely. Cooper is your number 3 and fine there. Could be there's just better chemistry without this year's version of AJ? The guy certainly doesn't care to block. On another note, Johnny Wilson added a nice element to blocking in the running game. No one doing that dirty work right now.

They looked there best without jurgens

AJ is the least of the eagles problems.

Hes just easier to focus on because he plays a more visible position than center or guard

This O libe has been putrid all year, jurgens abd dickerson playing in wheelchairs, the whole year, steen being the 2nd best OL on team when he should be the fifth

Mailata getting dumb penalties and getting beat like a red headed step child

Oky one worth a damn is lane and hes hurt and when healthy no longer all pro lane.☹️ Get back to me about AJ when the OL gets fixed

3 minutes ago, jamiller said:

Exactly this. They are coaches, FFS. Take the assets you have and assess the players for their baseline and their slight reach.

Coach to that, dummies. Stop dreaming about what you wish you could do. Stop reaching for things that the players can't do on a play by play basis.

This goes back to misusing personnel and not understanding the personnel you have. Doug had a similar problem in 2019 where he continuously ran what he wanted instead of what they needed to be.

The thing that keeps irritating me when I listen to Nick Sirianni, is these are uncharacteristic things. No, it’s not. We are in week 15 and you’ve consistently had these issues all year. It means these are characteristics of your team. It might not have been that in 2024 but we’re not in 2024. It is 2025 and these are the characteristics of your team. So whatever message and whatever you’re doing is not working and sound like you are in denial. need to look in the mirror and really self assess. I said it last night at the game they are mistake prone football team that finds ways to do dumb things on almost every offensive possession.

1 minute ago, Utebird said:

They looked there best without jurgens

AJ is the least of the eagles problems.

Hes just easier to focus on because he plays a more visible position than center or guard

This O libe has been putrid all year, jurgens abd dickerson playing in wheelchairs, the whole year, steen being the 2nd best OL on team when he should be the fifth

Mailata getting dumb penalties and getting beat like a red headed step child

Oky one worth a damn is lane and hes hurt and when healthy no longer all pro lane.☹️ Get back to me about AJ when the OL gets fixed

True. There's mutifaceted issues with the offense. Much blame to spread around. But the offensive line has pass protected adequately this year. Think AJ is just a good receiver these days. Dont think he's irreplaceable at all, given the talent on offense throughout. And Devanta is the true number 1 here. Clutch AF too!

5 minutes ago, jamiller said:

And, hear me out, STOP GOING FOR FGs over 50. He can't hit them consistently. BAD COACHING.

Agreed, Jake goes no where

6 minutes ago, jamiller said:

And, hear me out, STOP GOING FOR FGs over 50. He can't hit them consistently. BAD COACHING.

They are desperate for points. The offense sucks.

2 hours ago, Sack that QB said:

How do you think the team responds Sunday?

I'm feeling that they come out looking kinda dead and demoralized after losing that game in OT, and it's either a nail biter or it's an ugly game where the Eagles lead by 10 the majority of the game, but also aren't playing particularly well and you get the feeling they're only winning because the Raiders are atrocious.

I think there is zero doubt the offense doesn’t change. If they could have by now, they would have. My confidence level can’t be raised any higher than "more probable than not” that they win, but it’s going to be harder than it needs to be, and my biggest hope is the Raiders being a warm weather team out of contention simply don’t care, and just want to get home. But if we let them hang around, a 4th straight loss is not hard to believe.

What does it say about the NFL and the QB position that the Colts need to bring back Phillip Rivers from retirement?

There's no better options anywhere else?

Someone had to pay the price!

Making necessary changes! Accountability 🤣

1 minute ago, NOTW said:

Making necessary changes! Accountability 🤣

Analytics clearly say with no long snapper we can’t kick fgs or punt. So we just always go for it. Bold!

I’m rooting for chaos the rest of the way. These joyless, sloppy, pathetic games for a team with a SB roster? F it. Bench Hurts. Fire Patullo. Hell, fire Sirianni. Just going down in flames 2 years out of 3 is horrendous.

Something positive

1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Analytics clearly say with no long snapper we can’t kick fgs or punt. So we just always go for it. Bold!

Siri took snaps at LS in practice we're fine there

2 hours ago, eagle45 said:

OK let's talk about hitch routes. Some of the media astutely made this a talking point after noticing the extreme predilection the Eagles have for these routes. But this is the core of the problem and really deserves a deep dive, which, IMO, truly reveals the problem..

As the vast majority of blog superfans are aware, the hitch route is a short route characterized by a quick plant and turn towards the QB. It presents a stationary target. There is nearly zero possibility for YAC. A couple things to establish about why the Eagles run so many of them:

Fact:

1. The Eagles like hitch routes short of the 1st down marker on 2nd and 3rd down. This is a soft spot in the zone that is defended less rigorously. It is a more challenging throw and connection to go beyond the sticks, where the defense is really trying to stop you. This gets the Eagles into tush push territory for 3rd or 4th down.

2. An offense built on hitch routes will not generate YAC.

Assertion:

1. Given that hitch routes present a simpler, stationary target, the coaches prefer to overwhelmingly run these due to a lack of confidence in their QB. Contrary to popular belief, this is not the route tree the HC and OC want.

2. As the chatter about the hitch route obsession has gained momentum, the Chargers were actually the first team to really start jumping them. So far this year, other teams were content to permissively allow that underneath crap, especially considering the decreased efficacy of the tush push.

3. The Eagles coaches did, in fact, adjust to what the Chargers were doing. This was why we saw a "more aggressive" game plan that targeted more areas of the field with more diverse routes than we've seen all year. The Chargers pushed them into doing this. That's why we saw so many open players in the second level.

4. Hurts' INTs did not come off jumping hitch routes. They came off the Eagles coaches opening up the route tree and getting away from those routes in response to what the Chargers were doing.

5. #4 is the most damning of all for Hurts. It's exhibit A for WHY these coaches insist on running this maddening, vanilla offense. They tried to get away from that (no...were dared to get away from that by the Chargers)...and Hurts showed everyone exactly why we run the offense we run.

I was expecting at least one post calling bs and another calling me an idiot about this

1 minute ago, NOTW said:

Siri took snaps at LS in practice we're fine there

Maybe the inflatable bunny is the new long snapper

Just now, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Maybe the inflatable bunny is the new long snapper

The positivity bunny is really about the friends we made along the way

1 minute ago, NOTW said:

The positivity bunny is really about the friends we made along the way

I’m looking forward to uncharacteristic cat to be unveiled

32 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

They are desperate for points. The offense sucks.

But it makes bad worse. Punt it.

Eagles are #1 at throw distance per pass attempt but 2nd worst in the league in YAC.

Eagles are officially dead last in on target throws. Tied for 2nd to last on pocket time. Dead last in ply action attempts.

2nd worst in yards after contact.

Top 5 on penalties and yards committed.

Botton 5 on 3rd down conversions, and 28th in plays per drive, 25th in yards per drive.

Eagles have 348 rushing attempts.

Hurts and Saquon combine for 306.

Bigsby at 19 (9 since going 9 for 100+ vs NYG)

Dillion at 12 (0 in last two months)

Shipley at 11

12% of our runs are to the other 3 backs on the roster.

Since the Bye (5 games) Eagles have given backups 13 total carries (2.6/game).

AJ Dillon was averaging 5 YPC

Tank is averaging 8.8 YPC

With a team struggling to run the ball after contact, it sure is odd that we don’t put the two runners we have who hit a hole decisively and run through contact. We have 4 RBs on the roster, for what?

Hurts, Saquon, Dillon, and Tank on 1st and 2 in the wing-T or full house formation.

15 minutes ago, NOTW said:

Something positive

Lost in the crapstorm that was last night's game, Dejean made McConkey his **** last night.

31 minutes ago, jojodancer said:

True. There's mutifaceted issues with the offense. Much blame to spread around. But the offensive line has pass protected adequately this year. Think AJ is just a good receiver these days. Dont think he's irreplaceable at all, given the talent on offense throughout. And Devanta is the true number 1 here. Clutch AF too!

The O line has pass blocked adequately blocked, at times, and adequately is a pretty low bar and without lane its been far worse

AJ isnt what he was in his prime yet hes still a top WR. Its so funny to me that eagles for years whine about not having WR talent then we get 2 top receivers and fans cant wait to run one of them out of town because he said he wants to contribute to winning instead of being a decoy.

As for smith love the dude and he had a pretty big drop last night as well, on the 3rd down before the FG smith dropped the quick wr screen stopping the clock allowing charters to keep their last TO which assisted in them getting the game tying fg.

If he just catches that and falls down for no gain the clock doesnt stop.

Big lost opportunity, should we cut smitty now?